For Google, the Browser Does It All — MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — When a Google engineer gave top executives computers running the company's new Chrome operating system, Sergey Brin, Google's co-founder, tried to hold on to his computer running an older version.

Apple makes big land purchase in Cupertino — At a time when Apple is adding new workers almost as fast as it sells new iPhones and iPads, the pioneering computer maker has made a 98-acre land purchase that will roughly double the size of its home base in Cupertino.

When iPad 2 Hits, Will iPad 1 Go Cheap Or Extinct? — With iOS 4.2 finally out in the wild, the iPad has effectively been rejuvenated. And there's no question that Apple is going to sell a massive amount of them during the Holiday shopping season. But what comes next? Well, the iPad 2, of course.

XDA Exclusive: Gingerbread 2.3 / Nexus S Pictures — Well, we have a little Thanksgiving treat for all of you. Thanks to a source that chooses to remain anonymous, we got exclusive pictures of the elusive Gingerbread! We can now confirm Gingerbread is Android 2.3 and not 3.0.

The Lessons of 10 Years of Talking Tech — It's a special week in America. All over the country, families are gathering in warmly lighted homes. They're sitting down to fancy feasts at decorated tables. They smile, they pour libations, they raise their glasses.

RIAA Misfires, Grazes PCMag.com — How did we end up being the music industry's scapegoat, and what do we think about it. — The music industry has gone off the deep end. Now they want to lay the blame for music piracy on PCMag.com's doorstep. Seriously, over a dozen music industry execs signed …

The iPad: Nice Piece of Glass! Here comes HTML5 — If you have followed RedMonk for any time you'll know that we are strong advocates for open source and open standards. Open ecosystems create more economic and innovation opportunities than closed systems. So far, so Adam Smith.

Netflix's Move Onto the Web Stirs Rivalries — In a matter of months, the movie delivery company Netflix has gone from being the fastest-growing first-class mail customer of the United States Postal Service to the biggest source of streaming Web traffic in North America during peak evening hours.

Your Internet Driver's License — Back in summer 2008 when we were building Stack Overflow, I chose OpenID logins for reasons documented in Does The World Really Need Yet Another Username and Password: … It always pained me greatly that every rinky-dink website on the entire internet demanded …

Comcast, NBC argue against sharing with Internet TV — Comcast and NBC Universal executives met with senior officials at the Federal Communications Commission this week, urging the agency against conditions to their proposed merger that would require the new company to provide shows and movies to Internet video distributors.

PlayStation Phone to be unveiled on December 9th? — French gadget enthusiast blog Nowhereelse has reportedly received a copy of an invitation to a mysterious press event early next month. The event, as the invitation states, is supposedly “the most awaited event of the past 10 years.”

Jumpin' Meerkats! Ubuntu moving to daily downloads? — Six months is for your dad — Ubuntu is moving away from its established six-month-cycle and potentially to a future where software updates land on a daily basis. — Ubuntu founder Mark Shuttleworth told press recently that a move …

Angry Birds switches from mobiles to games consoles — One of the most successful smartphone games ever is making the switch from mobiles to consoles. — Angry Birds has been downloaded 36 million times by people using Apple's iPhone and the Google Android operating system.

Deep Packet Inspection Circles Back for a Second Look — Deep packet inspection, a creepy and invasive targeting technology, is looking to make a comeback, this time armed with opt-in consent and incentives for users. The technology, which involves scanning data packets for information …